1,000,000% this. If a senior engineer can’t explain it to you in a way you understand - even if you are a lot less experienced - that’s THEIR deficiency. Not yours. When this happens, it means THEY actually don’t understand it well enough.https://twitter.com/noahsussman/status/1170870234066165760 …
Got in an akward spot talking about a side effecty ES6 feature and quickly nodded and moved on from the senior dev. Today another dev saw it and got really animated.pic.twitter.com/EAEXEeiwuW